Railway-rail joint.



No. 826,045. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.,

L. M. L

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 17, 1906.

Application filed May 14, 1906. Serial. No. 316,896-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LLOYD M. MENGLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Hamburg, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway-rail joints; and the object of my invention is to provide a rail-joint in which the rails do not require to be provided with the usual bolt-holes and one in which the joint is made secure, while the removal of a section of the rail may be easily accomplished.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of myrail-joint, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

The numeral 1 designates a rail of ordinary construction, differing only in the fact that it is not provided with the usual bolt-holes.

The numeral 2 designates a bed-plate upon which the rail rests. This bed-plate is secured to the cross-ties by means of spikes in the same manner that the rail-base is usually secured thereto. This base-plate has formed integral therewith five equidistant angled clamping members 3. This plate is also pro vided with an internally screw threaded opening 6 directly opposite each of these members 3.

The numeral 4 designates a series of removable clamping-plates equal in number to the members 3. These members 4 are formed each with an opening 7, adapted to register with the openings 6 in the base-plate.

The numeral 5 designates the bolts which pass through the openings 7 and into the openings 6 in the base-plate and by means of which the members 4 are secured thereto.

The base-plate is secured to the cross-ties by means of spikes 10 in the same manner that the rail-base is usually secured thereto. The rail end is placed in position against the members 8, and the removable members 4 are then placed in position and the bolts 5 screwed into them and into the bed-plate,

thus securely clamping the rail ends together and to said bed-plate. To replace a rail-section, the members 4 need only be removed and the rail may be withdrawn and replaced by another.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a railway-rail joint the combination of a rail having a solid web, with a perforated bedplate lying beneath saidrail and extending beyond the line of the rail-base, five equidis tant an led clamping members formed integral wit said bed-plate on one side thereof, each member being directly opposite one of said perforations in the bed-plate, removable, perforated clamping members adapted to be secured to said bed-plate directly opposite said stationary members and bolts adapted to pass through the perforations in said removable members and to enter the screwthreaded openings in said bed-plate, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LLOYD M. MENGLE.

Witnesses:

ED. A. KELLY, J. OR. KELLY. 

